SRM University, AP Amaravati inaugurated by Sri N Chandra Babu Naidu
CM inaugurates the campus & announces new courses
Kolkata July 23: SRM University, AP Amaravati was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandra Babu Naidu. Hon’ble CM inaugurated the campus and announced new courses with MIT and UC Berkeley. In pursuit of developing this culture of excellence, SRM University AP – Amaravati has forged collaborations with the world’s best universities, MIT and UC Berkeley College of Engineering, U.S., launching new program with design, innovation, and entrepreneurship focus for the first time in India. Dr. Sandip Tiwari, Cornell University, U.S., and newly appointed Vice Chancellor of SRM University, AP – Amaravati and Dr. Narayan Rao, Pro – Vice Chancellor of SRM AP was present to grace the occasion.
SRM is working with MIT, U.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for the design and development of their curriculum through the use of MITx courses. These courses will incorporate the concepts of hybrid learning by utilizing both traditional and technologically enabled teaching methods.
SRM has also partnered with UC Berkley College of Engineering, California, U.S., to enable bi-directional information exchange in the areas of engineering education. SRM will also be a global partner of the Jacob’s Institute for Design engineering and the Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET). This partnership would establish centers of design, innovation and entrepreneurship at SRM, which would embrace the study and practice of “technology-centric” innovation bringing together technical depth, design methodology, and a focus on societal impact. SRM students and faculty will be provided the opportunity to travel to UC Berkeley to imbibe these ideas. Every year, 20 undergraduate students will be given the opportunity to go to UC Berkeley for a semester to study engineering at Berkeley with a defined set of concurrent enrollment and boot-camp courses.
B.Tech programs in CSE, ECE, EEE, and Mechanical Engineering are being offered from the academic year 2017-18. To attract meritorious students, 50% tuition waiver is being awarded to students getting an aggregate of 90% and above in PCM subjects in CBSE or an aggregate of 95% and above in PCM subjects in any state board. For the top 25 admitted students who meet this criterion would be given 100% tuition and hostel fee waiver.
Amaravati is rapidly evolving as an industrial hub. Several industries, R & D organizations are being established in Amaravati. Thus, all the students of SRM University – AP, Amaravati will have ample opportunities as interns in these industries and get industrial exposure. The skills developed and the work exposure will help them get placed in globally known organizations.
